Pleurotomella megapex

Pleurotomella megapex is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Pleurotomella megapex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pleurotomella
Species:
P. megapex
Binomial name
Pleurotomella megapex
Lozouet, 1999

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Pleurotomella megapex Lozouet, 1999 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056621 on 2019-09-12
  • Lozouet P. (1999). Nouvelles espèces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l'Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur d'Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Partie 2. Cossmanniana. 6: 1-68.


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